Great Source For Abortion Coverage: People Magazine?

If you want to find ongoing, comprehensive coverage of the effects of abortion bans on care of miscarriages and pregnancies that threaten the health of the mother, there's a go-to source you might not be anticipating: People magazine. The mainstay of hair salons and medical waiting rooms and checkout aisles has been covering these stories frequently, and explicitly putting them in the context of anti-abortion laws.

Here’s a headline from July: “Beauty YouTuber Forced to Carry Dead Fetus for 2 Weeks After Miscarriage Due to Abortion Ban.” Just below that: “’I get so angry that I was treated this way because of laws that were passed by men who have never been pregnant and never will be,’ says Marlena Stell, founder of Makeup Geek cosmetics.”

One from October: “Texas Woman Nearly Loses Her Life After Doctors Can't Legally Perform an Abortion: 'Their Hands Were Tied'”; “I never in my wildest dreams thought that the laws I was so angry about would pose a threat to my life and prevent me from accessing safe healthcare in 2022 in the United States of America,’ says Amanda Zurawski.”

The scope of the coverage is visible in the related stories attached to each.

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